WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE. MY NAME IS EUGENE FLASH KOEPKE AND I HAVE BEEN A PHOTOJOURNALIST FOR OVER 50 YEARS. NOW SEMI RETIRED, MY WORK HAS BEEN IN THE NEWSPAPER, FEATURE STORIES, SPORTS, GLAMOUR AND FIRE DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTATION.

MY CAREER BEGAN BACK IN 1957, WHEN I STARTED WITH THE OLD CHICAGO AMERICAN NEWSPAPER AND THEN THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES. I WORKED WITH THEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THEN DECIDED TO GO INDEPENDENT, JOINING " UNITED NEWS SERVICE " AND OTHER AGENTS, HANDLING FEATURE STORIES AROUND THE WORLD FOR NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS, AS WELL AS SOME TIME IN VIET NAM AS A NEWS COMBAT PHOTOGRAPHER.

MY LOVE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY COVERS JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. DURING THESE YEARS I ALSO HAVE BEEN WELL INVOLVED IN FIRE PHOTOGRAPHY, FORMING AND OWNING "EMERGENCY SERVICE MEDIA ", WHICH SUPPLIES FIRE DEPARTMENTS, MAGAZINES, AND INSURANCE FIRMS WITH PICTURES AND INFORMATION.

I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY WHAT YOU WILL BE SEEING IN THIS GALLERY AND THAT YOU WILL COME BACK OFTEN - AS YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND NEW PHOTOS - AND - FEATURE STORIES TO VIEW.

IN MY LOVE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, I HOPE TO INSPIRE THE NEW UP AND COMING
PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE MARVELS OF THIS INDUSTRY BY NOT ONLY SHOWING
MY WORK, BUT THE WORK OF OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS AS WELL. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF GREAT MEN AND WOMAN OF THE LENS AND SUBJECTS THAT THEY HAVE CAPTURED ON THEIR CAMERAS.

WHEN YOU ARE BUSY, A PHOTOJOURNALIST WILL NEED A GOOD PHOTO EDITOR TO WORK WITH HIM IN SEEING THAT HIS STORIES GET OUT TO THE RIGHT PUBLICATIONS, AND I HAVE ONE OF THE BEST - MY WIFE OF 33 YEARS "KATHY', WHO HAS A GREAT EYE FOR WHAT IS A GOOD PHOTOGRAPY. WITHOUT HER I WOULD BE LOST.

IN MY 50 PLUS YEARS AS A PHOTOJOURNALIST, I HAVE WON MANY AWARDS, BUT BEST OF THEM ALL IS BEING NAMED "MASTER PHOTOJOURNALIST" BY THE
"INTERNATIONAL PHOTOJOURNALIST ASSOCIATION", AND A "ACHIEVEMENT AWARD" FOR MY 50 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE NEWS BUSINESS BY "UNITED NEWS SERVICE".

.

{ PLEASE NOTE } I AM ABOUT TO START A NEW AGENCY AND WILL
BE IN NEED OF A FEW EXPERANCE PHOTOJOUR NALIST TO JOIN MY
TEAM. TO SAVE TIME , I AM ASKING THAT YOU HAVE EXPERANCE IN
FEATURE AND NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY.
SO IF YOU ARE THIS PERSON,PLEASE SEND ME 3 TO 5 SAMPLES OF
YOUR WORK , {COLOR ONLY} BY E-MAIL,AND SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT YOURSELF, I WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU AND WE WILL
TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS OFFER WILL DO FOR YOU.


Eugene Flash Koepke
fire511@comcast.net
eugeneflashkoepke.smugmug.com